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June 15 1926. 4 1,589,123

' M. H DAUDY LACE Filed Nov. 26, 1924 I Patented June 15, 1926.

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I EARC H. DAUDY, OF PHILABELPHIA, PEIR EISYLVANIA, ASSIGIQ'OB. TO TIQRTHAIVIERI- GAN LACE COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENI SYLVANIA, A COB?ORATIONOF PENNSYLVANIA.

LACE.

Application filed November 26,1924. Serial No. 752A? The object of myinvention is to prevent lace draperies, which are used as bedspreads,bolster coverings, curtains, &c., from sagging and getting out of shape,due to the weight of the material dragging the light threads that formthe delicate open work of the lace.

in the accompanying drawing:

Fig. l is a face view of a portion of the lace drapery illustrating myinvention;

Fig. 2 is a view of an enlarged portion of the lace illustrated in Fig.1;

Fig. 3 is a view showing the cut scalloped edge; and

Fig. 4 is an enlarged view of a portion of one of the strips of minimumextensible fabric. 7

Bed spreads and lace curtains, especially those having delicate lacefigures connected by light threads, are liable to sag and to be drawnout of shape, due to the weight of the draperies and the delicatematerial from which they are made.

In accordance with the principles of my invention the distortion abovenoted is overcome by supporting the lace material with substantialstrips composed of beams of miniinum extensibility. These strips extendthroughout the length of the draperies and carry the weight of thematerial.

Referring to the drawings the lace pattern is made in sections 1 whichare separated by supporting strips 2 which form an integral part of thelace pattern. The supporting strips 2 are composed of closely woven beamand gimp threads of minimum extensibility in the present instance. Thestrips 2 may be formed plain and solid throughout their entire length.It is preferable to make each strip in sections 3 and 4. connected byopen work 5 known to the lace making art as ticking work, the incorporated sections 3 and i and the ticking work 5 forming a more orless ornamental strip which as a whole is capable of a minimum amount ofextensibility and is adapted to support the adjacent lace sections,whereby the delicate threads, of which said lace sections are composed,are held in their proper relative positions at all times.

The supporting strips 2 can be arranged y sane r a grades; answe s uponthe general design of the lace and the character of the material formingthe lace sections.

This invention is particularly adapted for use for bedspreads, bolstercoverings, curtains, and similar lace articles, where stretching is tobe prevented, but it can be used in connection with other lace articleswithout departing from the main feature of the invention.

By making thestrips 2 in long sections, connected by short sections, itis possible to terminate the lace design at these points, as theconnecting open or ticking work sections 5 conform to the scallops ofthe open work of the lace design, as illustrated in Fig. 3, oroducing,when out, a scalloped edge instead of a straight edge.

The fabric illustrated in the drawings is adapted, in the presentinstance, to be woven on the Levers lace machine, and the strips 2thereof each comprise a series of beam threads 10, Fig. 4-, of minimumextensible qualities and of a comparatively heavy count which extendlongitudinally of the strip throughout its entire length. A secondseries of beam threads 11 is employed, and known to the art as gimpthreads, the threads of this series being of like qualities unto theseries of longitudinal beam threads, but being adapted to ,be shoggedacross and tied to the said longitudinal beam threads and the threads ofthe delicate lace portions adjacent the strips, the tying of theseseveral threads being accomplished by the shuttle. threads 12 in theusual manner as well known to those familiar with the art.

I claim:

1. A lace fabric having a plurality of open lace sections, the adjacentlace sections being connected by means of a strip of fabric comprisingbeam threads of minimum on tensible qualities, said strips of fabriccoordinating with said lace sections to form an artistic lace pattern inthe completed lace fabric,

2. A lace drapery having a series of longitudinal open lace sections anda series of longitudinal strips of minimum extensibility alternatingwith the said lace sections, said strips comprising longitudinal beamthreads and transverse gimp threads, and acting to support the open lacesections of the drapery.

3. A lace drapery having a series of longitudinal open lace sections anda series of longitudinal strips alternating with the lace sections, saidstrips being made of short sections connected by open Work the entirelength of each strip being of material of minimum extensible quality tohold the lace sections from stretching.

4. A lace drapery comprising open work sections havlng scallops, saidlace sections being spaced apart by solid sections of lumimumextensibility interposed with a series 15 so that when the lace piece isout into units 20 the cut edge is presented in scalloped torn].

Iv ARC H. DAUDY.

